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GEORGE'S GUITAR SHOP

It was brought to my attention that there might be some confusion over the title of this page, my use of the word shop in the title. None of the guitars on this page are for sale! This is a section featuring the equipment that I own and use in Catfish Flats. My apologies for any misunderstanding the title may has caused.

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Guitar Rig08

Live setup 2008:
This is my current live rig. I am using my '63 Bassman into a 1960A Marshall cabinet for my 'dirty' rig. I usually run the Bassman on about 8 and use a Weber MASS attenuator to knock off a few db's. I am using the Mesa Blue Angel 4x10" combo as my clean amp using the EL84 tube selection with the volume at 4 or so. I have a Radial BigShot ABY box that allows me to select either amp or both together.

George Eberlein pedalboard 2008 Live Effects 2008:
Guitar>PedalworX modded Vox Wah>A/B switch for output mute>PedalworX McFuzz Hybrid Hot>Landgraff Dynamic Overdrive>Xotic AC Booster >Line 6 RotoMachine>Radial BigShot ABY switch >Amps
The Bassman combo and my '65 VibroChamp

Live Rig 2007:
'63 Bassman Combo
2-12" Weber 12F150 (C12N) speakers

Weber MASS Attenuator

Peterson VS1 Tuner

George Eberlein Studio amps
Studio setup:
This is my basic rig for the Catfish Flats record. For solos and crunchy rhythm parts I use the Bassman turned up to 10 and the Mesa Blue Angel on 6 with my Landgraff overdrive. The Fender has such a great sound. Clarity with balls. The Landgraff/Mesa combination gives me a fatter tone with more sustain and mids. I play through both amps, record each to a seperate track and then alter the blend in the mix to get the tone I need. If I need a clear, punchy rhythm sound I will use more of the Fender. For slide I will pull in more of the Mesa. For clean tones I will use both amps set on about 5. I'm also using the Line6 RotoMachine in stereo with both amps for some really cool Leslie tones.
I am also using my '65 Fender VibroChamp plugged into the 2-12's in the Bassman cabinet for some tremolo parts.




Slides
Slides Left to Right:
Delta Slider Wine Bottle Slide(currently my favorite for electric), two homemade wine bottle slides, the Rockslide(a very nice, comfortable metal slide), Dunlop glass
George Eberlein's slides

Slides Left to Right:
Mudslide ceramic(nice sound on Acoustic and National), Craftsman 11/16" socket(Lowell George's choice), strange ceramic(a gift from my buddy JB, great tone, dig the flames), The Duane Allman reissue Coricidin bottle, Acoustiglide brass

Guitar Rack 6-23-06 show
L-R: Supro Sahara (G tuning), Samick Ray Benson, Homebrew Tele (E tuning), '57 RI Strat, '57 RI Les Paul Custom
'57 Reissue Les Paul Custom with Tim White Humbuckers

Gibson '57 Reissue Les Paul Custom
Modifications:

Tim White Pickups (Bridge and Neck)
Seymour Duncan Seth Lover pickup (Middle)
Pigtail Music steel bridge studs
RSGuitarworks electronics (wired as a standard 2 pickup LP with a pull pot on the neck pickup tone control to activate the middle pickup)

 

'67 Gibson ES335
Modifications:
Tim White Pickups

Grover tuners
Lightweight stop tailpiece
This guitar was a gift from my very good friend Jay Lemmon. I got this guitar in probably 1975. I did the Grovers/ stop tailpiece modification in the late '70's. (In hindsight it was wrong to modify such a nice, old guitar, but hey it was the '70's and we all did it)
I played this guitar on the road for years and have used it on almost every recording project I have done. I'm using it more and more these days for Catfish Flats shows and have used it on a number of tunes on our album. I feel very privileged to have been able to play this guitar for the last 30 years.

 

Silvertone w/ '60's Musicmaster neck G-tuning
I purchased this one from my good buddy and extraordinary guitarist Steve Gunter. He pulled it out of the back seat of his car and asked if I was interested. It had 4 rusty strings, was setup left handed and had a half inch of funk on it. I hit one note on it and knew I had to have it. Someone put a '62 Musicmaster neck and bridge on the guitar before Steve got it. Apparently there was a method to their madness because the guitar sounds better than any other Silvertone of this model that I have played. And I've owned a number of them over the years. I currently use it as my G-tuning guitar and play it for a good part of every Catfish Flats gig.
Here is a clip of us doing "Walkin' Blues Live" with this guitar. "Song For Annie D" was done in my studio using the Silvertone and my Fender VibroChamp amp.
Walkin' Blues
Song For Annie D
Mesa Blue Angel 4x10" combo Weber C10N speakers
Silvertone Close-up
Eastwood Sidejack Deluxe

Eastwood Sidejack
Modifications:
CTS 500K pots and an Angela .022 cap

Jason Lollar P90 in the bridge position

My new Eastwood Sidejack. This guitar is based on the Mosrite instruments made by Semie Mosley and made famous by The Ventures. I had a similar instrument, a Univox HyFlier, during the early '70's and always wanted another instrument of this type. I had seen the model at MyRareGuitars and was intrigued. A friend called me and informed my that there were 3 of these gold Sidejacks available at an incredible deal as they were discontinuing the gold finish. So I took a chance and was totally knocked out. I would have been impressed with the instrument at 3 times the cost. It has a beautiful finish with a very nice rosewood fingerboard, a great feeling neck and an incredible P90 tone.
I installed a Lollar P90 pickup in the bridge position. The stock pickup wasn't bad, but I had heard great things about the Lollars and I wasn't disappointed. They equal or surpass any vintage P90 that I have owned. Everything you would want in a P90. A biting solo tone with the volume wide open and a clear rhythm tone when you back it off. Incredible! I'll be ordering a neck unit soon.
Goldtop finish, a Bigsby vibrato and 2 P90's What's not to like? This guitar has already found its way onto a couple of tracks on our album.
Wanna hear it? Here's a clip of the guitar. (With the original pickups)

Eastwood Sidejack Deluxe Eastwood Sidejack detail.

Valley Arts/ Samick Ray Benson Tele
Modifications:
Neck Pickup: Duncan Seth Lover
Middle Pickup: Fender Strat

 

This is a signature model for the lead vocalist/guitarist for Asleep At The Wheel. Nice versatile guitar with a cool state of Texas pickguard.

A gift from my very dear friend Brent Burns

 

 

Ray Benson Tele Body Close-up
Ray Benson Tele Live Close-up

Home-brew Telecaster
Modifications:
Fralin Blues Pickups
Grover Tuners
Angela .022 cap

I purchased this Tele from a former bandmate around 1987. A friend of his had assembled it for him. I have used it on almost every gig since. For years it was a dedicated G tuning guitar. I played this guitar on a number of tunes on the Mr. X album. Later while I was with the Andy Smith Band I started playing it in standard tuning and the guitar found its way onto a majority of the songs on the album I did with them.
Currently I'm using it in E tuning.
The slide, intro and main rhythm guitar on "South of Highway 31" from our album were done with this guitar.

South of Highway 31


Home-brew Telecaster with Fralin Blues Pickups
E-tuning

'57 Reissue Strat
Modifications:
Schaller locking tuners
Recent Fender 57/62 pickups
Tone control on the bridge pickup
Angela .022 cap
Jimi Hendrix sticker (Thanks Donna)

I purchased this guitar new in late '83 or early '84. I have used it on almost every gig I have done since and all the wear on the guitar was self inflicted. I have used this guitar in one way or another on every album project I have ever done. I have used a dozen different sets of pickups and 4 different bridges over the years. It is now setup more or less like a stock Strat and in the 20+ years I've played her, she has never sounded better.
This one has served me well.

 

Strat Close-up
Strat Close-up
'57 Reissue Strat
1957 Fender Musicmaster

1957 Fender Musicmaster
Modifications:
Refinished, non-original pickup and tone knob.

This is a cool, very light comfortable guitar. The original pickup was gone when I got it so I put a Strat pickup in. Cool gold anodized pickguard. I've been using it in G-tuning lately.

Early '60's Supro Sahara
Fiberglass body with one loud and mean single coil pickup. Used in G tuning. Missing pickguard.
2000 Martin HD28
1929 Aloha Acoustic

1930's Aloha Acoustic

Built by the Aloha Musical Instrument Company in Chicago. I got it with the original case that contained the orignal bill of sale. It was purchased in 1939 for $39 and the buyer paid a dollar a week on the guitar. The receipt has a record of each payment. Also include were 2 'vintage' Bravo brand strings.
Primarily used in D tuning.

Late '50's Silvertone Aristocrat 17" Archtop
This is a great blues/jazz box. I rarely gig with it but play it around the house all the time.
Modifications:
Non-professional refin on the top, missing pickguard, tune-o-matic bridge, Gibson P90 in the rear and Dearmond (as used in the old Gretsch's) in the neck position.


Silvertone Aristocrat body closeup
Silvertone Aristocrat headstock closeup.
Is that cool or what?
DanElectro 3 pickup RI

Danelectro 3 pickup Reissue

This is one of the reissues that came out 8 or 9 years ago. John at MMI in Mobile had a couple of dozen of them, some single cutaway, some double, in the two and three pickup varieties. I played a whole bunch of them and this was the best sounding of all of them. The fact that it is purple sealed the deal. These are fun, great sounding guitars and I play it around the house all the time.

National StyleO
I love this guitar more every time I play it. I used it all over the Catfish Flats album. Played mostly in D tuning.
Here's a tune from our debut album that features the National.
Airport Blues
National StyleO
Musicman SUB 5 Bass

Musicman SUB 5 Bass

I had been in the market for a good studio bass for some time. I've always loved Musicman basses and when this one came up for sale I grabbed it. These has the perfect marriage of a classic Fender bass tone and with active electronics you have the option of a modern high fidelity type of tone. I would have preferred the 4 string variety, I don't really use the low B string much, but this one became available and I couldn't resist.


George uses guitars by Gibson, Fender, Martin, National, Eastwood, Supro, Musicman and Takamine, Mesa Boogie and vintage Fender amps, Marshall cabinets, speakers by Weber VST and Celestion, hardware from Pigtail Music, effects by John Landgraff, PedalworX, Line 6, Xotic and HBE, and single coil pickups from Fralin, Lollar and Fender.
George uses humbucking pickups by Tim White. There are none better.
Tuning by Peterson strobe tuners.

George's studio uses Cakewalk Sonar 7 Professional, a Tascam DAW control interface and monitors by M-Audio.

Sonor Audio Software

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